diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 2ae23ef8c9..7910e06a78 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ frequency before giving up (default: 30).
 .
 .TP
 .B \-dvd\-device <path to device> (DVD only)
-Specify the DVD device (default: /dev/\:dvd).
+Specify the DVD device or .iso filename (default: /dev/\:dvd).
 You can also specify a directory that contains files previously copied directly
 from a DVD (with e.g.\& vobcopy).
 Note that using \-dumpstream is usually a better way to